m8 you are going to be forever known as frank carson because you have a canny nac of making not so interesting things interesting (its the way ya tel em) i have found every 1 of your vidz to be interesting
Hi Martin, Rainhill are celebrating the 190th anniversary of the Rainhill trials next week, just a heads up, www.rainhill190.org.uk message me if you turn up, I'll do yous a brew.
Paul here, my sister Rebecca thought I was talking to her but I must have missed it . . . ? NOW WE SEE the ENGINE SHED! Incredible, should be preserved I believe! I'm struck by this building!!!
Hello Martin. I'm a stock trader in the Southeastern U.S. and sometimes during the day, burned out from anxiety, I take a peek at UA-cam for an escape. Was fortunate today in finding your superb video presentation. I felt so calm and relaxed as I traversed your world and even felt an emotional attachment to the past imagining all the now long gone people who worked in those buildings. I feel now like a heavy weight is off my shoulder. Thank you.
I just find disused railways incredibly sad to see. What was once a hive of activity is now gone forever. They seem to have an hauntingly romantic atmosphere about them if you know what I mean
Yep, it's heartbreaking to think that people sweated blood to build all this infrastructure, only for it to be abandoned and neglected. The nastier side of "Progress"... 😢
Yes, Once a hive of activity, now gone forever. This is the approaching future for us British people as we are set to become a minority in our own land. So sad that this Globalist push is hell bent on destroying Western Nations with Forced Diversity. Exploring old buildings is a way of escape from doing our duty to defend our land. Enjoyed the video and the music, tks.
Martin, you are so flipping AWESOME ! half of the draw is your enthusiasim, The other is you always get me excited as if im right there with you!! Im 65 , in a wheelchair and I look forward to "our" outings every week ! And I live in Peru !! THANK YOU for making an old lady happy.AND you always manage to make me giggle. Loved the intro
Sharon Stuebi Goodness I’m sitting here and trying to think of what to ask first, you live in such a beautiful country. I guess um well, what is it like their day to day? What are the people like? What is the most popular food to eat their and which is your favorite? Sorry I’m a single mother in the north west u.s.a that would love to travel but bills and child come first. So I ask others what it’s like where they live. I hope I’m not bugging you if so you don’t have to answer. But thank you for you time of reading this. And have a beautiful day.
@@shewolf5098 Well hello! I was a single Momma too so I totally get it. There are ways to do both just so you know! Wish I could communicate privately and send photos. I have created ( with the help of some very beautiful and loyal locals) a huge organic garden and We have a Donkey, alpacas, rabbits, guinea pigs ( food here), cornish game hens, layer hens, and HUGE meat chickens, and turkeys.175 varieties of fruits, veggies and flowers. we grow most of the food for the animals too. in the process of building a greenhouse. I have 3 full time workers and often up to 10 depending on the project. my job is the ideas and I cook breakfast and lunch for them everyday. Which truly takes up MOST of the day with prepping , cleaning and cooking! The people who I am surrounded with are amazing. they are sweet, hard working, respectful, happy and loyal. they have become my family here.The specialty food is guinea pig (cuy). Most often stuffed with herbs and baked, or roasted on a fire. I only like it fried. They eat EVERYTHING with rice AND potatoes AND corn Chancho a palo is pork on a stick cooked on open fire , which is my personal favorite. but the locals eat a lot of boiled eggs and potatoes. There is unfortunately much poverty here. If you want to follow me on face book so you can see what is happening find me at Sharon Lee Stuebi It would be fun to have an English speaking pen pal! Private message me so I know its you. Sorry Martin for taking up so much of your space!
Such a shame to see these places eroding away,our heritage is slowly disappearing in favour of concrete monstrosities with no character,great video 👍 That engine shed seriously needs preserving! So impressive
i could be very wrong but i think those pits by the turntable were possibly ash pits, engines would drop there fires prior to going offf duty. so i expect somewgere close there would have been a railway shed. the okd shed at the end of the video brought tears to my eyes and memory's of times long gone. may i thank you for making an old mans day.
Brilliant video. The engine house was spectacular. The brickwork in those old buildings is amazing, the way they used special curved bricks on the corners, no-one does that today. In the past, bricklaying was an art done by real craftsmen.
Never been to Manchester, just to watch football after sciving the train as a penniless kid! Thanks to you I love it. Your hard work paid off for you and this is a terrific video. To go forward, it helps if you know where you just been, and these places should be cherished. Thanks Martin
At the back of the engine shed towards the old station there are large concrete foundations / walkways between tracks, in really good condition. This was where the much more modern service shed was. The shed was pulled down but the rest remains. I think this went to the east lancs to be stored. Also there’s two platforms at the back of the disused station building. Finally, and I found the stands for this a couple of months ago was a narrow gauge railway. This is up the hill on the back of the water stage platform you were on to the right. There are uprights of where the sliding tracks could go where the small narrow gauge engines were serviced! The place was really impressive when open. Some major steam engines were there at one point. The old pictures online are great! Top videos as always.
It just amazes me. The pure volume of industrial architecture that was in place by the end of the 19th century. What must it have been like to walk cities like Manchester at that time. Incredible. Such power and innovation.
Beautiful. Old buildings have so much more character. I saw where here in America someone purchased an old railway bridge and built a home on it. Thank you for your videos
Love your videos Martin. I'm an old lad from Kearsley now living in Australia. I moved here in 1965 when I was ten, your videos fill me with nostalgia and have allowed me to reconnect to an earlier time, keep up the great work you're doing. Thanks so much.
@@Tolpuddle581 Hi Rupert, I love watching Martins videos. I was only ten when we came out here but still have some memories of where we lived. Watching Martin lets me connect with my past and see more of the area I grew up in. :)
@@erikmorrison2355 I answered you earlier Erik, so I'm not sure why I can't see it here. Anyway, I said I assume you are in Australia? What state are you in? I'm in Victoria, over in the west of the state. I grew up literally down the road from you. I could walk down Stoneclough road, under the railway viaduct, and into your town. Small world eh? :)
When I was very young (6-9) in the early 1960s, I used to visit my gran, she lived on Walker Lane (it’s on your map). There was a footbridge across this line, at the southern end of Walker Lane. I used to stand on it and watch the good’s trains climbing the incline from Godley Junction. I only ever saw one passenger train on the line, I believe it was a “goods loop” line. It was more open moorland back then and I used play near the tracks and explore the area. Happy days and thanks for bringing back the memories!
Absolutely stunning! Especially the engine shed, what a find!! I can only imagine the sights, sounds and smells of that place when it was working. I love that you can still find history and remains of these amazing sights. In the US, they tend to tear old disused buildings down as soon as they're vacant, which to me, is a shame. But I realize, not everyone has my taste of the past. I'm enjoying all your videos of your great country and history! As always, crack on & cheers!!
I'm from Hyde and I had heard of the of the Godley Turntable. I've seen old pictures of it working but never visited when I lived there. Thanks for sharing this it's brilliant. I remember going to Dinting railway museum when I was a kid. Very sad to see it in that state. I was actually shocked when I saw the engine shed. This was in a massive open space, the trees have grown around so fast.
My Dad took me to Godley and Godley Junction in 1962. Amazingly this is Great Central Railway territory which became LNER and eventually Eastern Region controlled. We went to Guide Bridge Station on the same trip. Priceless history and heritage mate 👌
Your views and travel to historic sites are simply overwhelming, gorgeous and breathtaking!! To your friends: a cat, a rabbit, a pony and baby spiders - say hello from me! :)) I hope you and the residents of the local town will take part in the restoration of these historic railway stations, depots, platforms and tunnels! After all, this is the cultural and historical heritage of your country. It must be preserved and protected, it is a pity that this was not done then, when this direction was closed !! Big heartfelt greetings to you and your "comrades-in-arms" from me - a resident of the suburb of Khabarovsk !! Thank you so much!! Kiss you!
Love your films. The little pits are where the steam engines dumped their burnt coal. Yes called ash pits. Can you imagine how busy that place used to be? The sidings, cattle pens, goods shed and number of signal boxes all sadly gone. So efficient and the people who worked on them worked hard and then, well we know the rest
Thank you for showing the engine shed. As engines got larger and much heavier some viaducts were reinforced hence the bricks. The nine shed was a long one..just built one from pop-up models almost identical with the double,vented roof and beautiful arched windows. Amazing the roof is still on.
Thanks for another wonderful video. I just love the subject matter. I was born in Lancashire and spent the first ten years of my life there until my family moved to north Wales in 1962. It is lovely to hear a proper Lancashire accent again after all these many years of living abroad. So much of what you show was all still working in the 1950s, who could have imagined it would all have been swept away so quickly. My father was a railway enthusiast even back then. I remember him stopping the car to watch the Flying Scotsman leave Chorley station and cross a bridge that the road went under. My brother, a baby at the time, 1956, still all in his white baby clothes was held up to look, 'it's the flying scotsman, it's the flying scotsman! It bring tears to my eyes just remembering it. This same brother, now semi retired in his 60s fires an engine on the Keithley and Worth valley line in Yorkshire. Incidentally, the engine he fires is one that my grandfather fired in the 1890s or 1900s when he was a fireman on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. It was a pure fluke that the very same engine escaped being scrapped in the 1960s.
lovely, thank you. i believe the term donkey engine, or donkey line, refers to the mule quality of work. In Texas, a donkey engine is small engine that does the hard short haul work, a switch engine . It is not the horse, but the modest little engine that could, and does. In short, it is the modest hard working sort. Your video does service to the heroic everyday labour of so many of us. Thank you, and thank your viewers for caring. Who we are is formed by who we were.
I love your enthusiasm and clear joy at discovering all these hidden gems. You make this so interesting and narrate it so well. Keeps me interested and many others. Great vlogs
Went to Dinting Railway Museum when I was a wee lad. Early 70s, steam engines, red brick buildings and passionate blokes with engine driver caps. Thanks for this. Ric
Martin Zero you are the man. If I was younger I would be doing the same as you. But you bring it all to me.. I love your presentation and your enthusiasm is second to none. Keep it going and thank you.
15:00 - That turntable site is wonderful. I looked at it, in the trees, as you described it, with the birdsong in the background, and I was suddenly struck by the thought, that not that long ago, possibly within living memory, it would have been a site of noise, smoke, bustle, with the smell of coaly steam, hot oil, and hot metal. And the sad thing is, that a great many people today might see that circular pit, and not have the faintest idea what it was, or why it was there. I know, as I'm fond of industrial architecture, and had the privilege of working with an ex-railwayman, who spent all his non working time seeking out the routes of local vanished railways, and who had albums of photos of sites: in the course of his old job, he'd worked on sites near vanished lines, and looked at them then. That's why I love your videos - you look in the places that people need to see, and show us new and fascinating things. Thank you so much. 25:00 - You are in the old Dinting Station building, which was part of the Dinting Railway Centre, which closed in the early 1990's. What a sad state it's in now. Great music, as there is in all your videos. Fits the visuals like a glove.
I felt it was almost like one of those Hollywood scenes where someone walks through a the ruins of something, optionally and old crying person that used to work there, while a black and white overlay that no-one else can see shows the same site at it's peak with everything and everyone working.
I used be a member of Dinting Railway centre in the mid ‘70’s. Spent some time caretaking the Cheltenham when it was a wreck. Now it’s in full steam again. The centre closed as the land owner raised the ground rent so high it was unaffordable, he wanted to put some sort of car circuit on the land and in effect, forced it to close. The ruined station building you explored was at one time a BR access to the centre, when that track was in use. It was also used as a refreshment room in the early days. There was also a (new) 6 track display shed between the old shed and the station building, but that was demolished soon after closure. The sidings were originally used as coaling station and holding area for the banking loco’s for trains going up to the Woodhead tunnel. I can remember it when it was all in use. Great days!
It is, isn't it? I have always had a strong interest in the old architecture building, the history its self off them and how you can really feel a sense of proudness off these abandoned finds.
The turntable pit wow! Beautiful words from you capturing the history and yes a gem for sure! All the hard work and time over the years it was used providing service and jobs to so many people! Glad you can can still see it and all the other spots you shared! That engine house is in good nick considering! It should be saved and restored!Thanks again!
I cancelled mine a while ago, Joe. There's nothing but crap on TV these days but I can find hours of entertainment on UA-cam for absolutely nothing. The idea of paying for those fatcats at the bbc to splash out on their excesses at the taxpayers expense sickens me to the core - and all you get in return is LIES! By the way, did you know it's no longer a criminal offence NOT to have a TV licence? It's a civil matter now and they don't even come to your door to check on you anymore. They merely send you an e-mail to acknowledge that you've cancelled your licence. I'm told that tens of thousands of people have cancelled this year alone (yes, tens of thousands.)
Agreed mate . And yes ive heard the same. All a fear mongerin scam and 120 quid a year id rather spend on something better. Tbh now top gear and attenborough is gone/going there is literally no need for the bbc anymore
If there was no beeching axe the uk would have been such an easy place to get around by train today, i bet there would be 50% less cars on the roads now
True, but they were only shut because people weren't using them and so they were losing loads of money. If the people of the 1950's/1960's had used the railways they wouldn't have been shut .....
Terrific video Martin. I live in a railway town called Earlestown with a great old stone built waiting room, disused since the sixties due to vandalism. I worked in the rail offices and had 3 brothers, one a driver one a fireman after spending years in those railway sheds,and the other a signalman, so you can tell this was my kind of video!
This video has really inspired me to get out adventuring more, and bring my 5 year old niece (who loves nothing more than being outdoors in the beauty of nature and architecture) with me to learn about and identify this stuff. I love abandoned things, modern history, everything that's hiding in plain sight. This video was recommended to me by the algorithm and damn it hit the spot - perfect production and I could really feel your sense of achievement and awe finding those places! Instant subscription here.
Wow....what a stunning vid.....it's amazing that the turntable is still there...very few have survived in Manchester Greater Manchester I bet.... I never knew Dinting rail center closed all those years ago....I used to go there when I was a kid...my dad drove me there from Chorlton...I have pics of the reilway center in the 70s some where....I remenber the engine shead its about 120 years old now... I camped out there once in the field next to the viaduct....in the early 80s . There was a acident on the top of the viaiduct in around 1855 when a train stoped on the viaduct and a few people got out thinking thery were at the station. I think the Viaduct was bricked up in areas to strenthen up the arches in around 2012. Jim
"I'm here in Hyde, You're not haveing a s**t ? You are having a s**t, Oh No ! " ... Thanks Martin best ever opening line to one of your vids .. gave me a good giggle LOL
Home with the flu and just so glad I found this channel. I’ve watched it all day. Absolutely fascinating. I’m a railroad history fan and the stone and brickwork you display is simply not found where I live. Just so well done all around. To show you something 300 years old in NY I’d have to show you a bit of bedrock if I could find it. Thank you so much for these videos.
Hi Martin, NEVER delete or take down your videos because you are capturing the last few breaths of historic railway buildings and structures that will soon be gone forever. Truly great modern archaeology that preserves what is left of an age that we will never see the like of again. One day I am sure, many people will truly appreciate your videos and the effort you have made to create them. Well done and keep it up!
Thanks very much Rhys much appreciated. Yes Id like to think so. I know some of the stuff I have videoed will be gone and so there will be a record for the future 👍
Thanks for this entertaining video Martin. I know exactly what you mean about the feeling you get standing in old disused places. I used to live in Byfleet in Surrey where the Brooklands museum is which is based around the old disused Brooklands race track. This was the first purpose built race track in Great Britain and was built by a wealthy individual called Hugh Locke-King and hosted the first ever Grand Prix. There is still quite a bit of the circuit in place and it had banked corners. I remember visiting the museum on a warm August afternoon and getting that feeling while walking round part of the track. Not only was it known as a race track it was one of the birth places of British aviation and the remains of the runway were still there when i first lived there in 2003. Mercedes Benz built on part of it and have test tracks there but they too have a great little museum to visit free of charge. Vickers aircraft built the Wellington bomber there and later the VC10 airliner. They used to fill them with just enough fuel to fly them out over to Wisley airfield a couple of miles away where they finished fitting them out. They couldn't get them out of Brooklands with all the seats etc in as the runway wasn't long enough. Barnes Wallis developed the bouncing bomb there and parts for Concorde were also built on site. The museum now has one of the Concordes there. Also in the museum is the Wellington bomber that was raised after ditching in Loch Ness. All in all it's great museum to visit, lots of old racing cars and aircraft to see and also there now is the London bus museum. If you are every 'darn sarf' it's well worth a visit. Regards, Mark
Martin as always a great educational video. The pits next to the turntable would be ash pits. The fire grate at tje bottom of the loco could be opened to drop hot ashes and god knows what else, oh thee joys of shovelling it all into wagons.
It’s a little bit like going to a post apocalyptic world in those overgrown places. So interesting and so back in another era. I would love to travel back in time to see these things in use.a brilliant presentation almost like being there. The engine shed was so worth the effort you made .
Looks like you picked great days for a walk about. The pits were inside the roundhouses and used for mechanical inspection and routine maintenance of locos mostly. The occasional carriage could be looked at in the same manner..The engine shed was similar to the round house with the exception that it was for locos only. I stand to be corrected as this was the practice here in Canada for these types of buildings. I told Connor in one of his vids and I'll reiterate it here. It's not always about the huge and grandiose. The less traveled are where the gems are in all their quaint magnificence. And you wonderfully have captured the mood,solace and ambience in this tour. Well done sir. Cheers.
A lot of our turntables and inspection pits were in the open air. I suspect this was one of them. If there had been a building over this one, there would either be some surviving walls or it would have all been bulldozed into the old turntable pit (that's what they did with old buildings during demolition in the 1960s and 70s - pushed the rubble into the cellars, then burned all the timber joists, floorboards, carpentry etc). Amazing to compare with the old photo someone else posted of the engine she'd when it was in use and compare it to now, almost completely surrounded by huge trees. Looking at the size of sone of those stumps, I suspect the turntable site looked like that until recently too.
I really appreciate that you don’t feel the need to talk all the time, that you transition to just music so we can see and experience the sites without distraction. I really enjoy your videos....
Hello Martin Coming to Manchester in September With thanks to you have introduced Manchester to me.Before the plug in the canal video I didnt know anything about your town.Coming from Perth (Australia)I never realized there is so much history just laying around.If it was in Australia they would have put a fence around it .A message to everyone in Manchester is just pick up your rubbish.Well done and keep you tubing
Yeah. Unfortunately too many Mancunians disrespect their city and surroundings. Littering and vandalism is a big problem here. Anyway, I hope you enjoy your visit to our town! Check out some of the surrounding countryside, like in this video, while here. The Peak District is nice for hiking.
Damn, you really deserve more subscribers. I guess quality beats quantity every day though. Another beautiful video, pretty heart breaking but it still lights a small flame of pride in being British. We used to be such an industrial nation, how did it all go so wrong so quickly? Oh my, yet again I commented before watching the whole video. That engine shed really was worth coming back for, a wonderful find. Part of me wants to never watch another of your videos, they really sadden me. All of these structures reflect someone's hope and dreams, often short lived and now abandoned and decaying. Such an investment of money, time and energy and now known to only a few people. Thankfully you're around to show these to us who would never find them ourselves, massive respect to you for that. Keep up the great work and never underestimate the importance of what you're doing. These sights should be available to more people and you're making that possible.
Wow! That was more than amazing. You are in my area. I live in Mossley and I’ve visited Dinting in the past.. it is so fascinating. Thanks for covering it. Absolutely brilliant. You’re so good at what you do!
Amazing work thanks Martin. I find the workmanship and incidental beauty that builders put into industrial buildings of the past both uplifting and yet sad that we no longer do it. Please keep the vids coming!
Yes Martin, those old buildings are amazing, despite the roof having mostly fallen in, just look at the chimney! Work of art, but then, this sort of brickwork prevailed a hundred or so years ago! Keep them coming mate!
If I won the lottery that engine shed would be on my list, the full Grand Designs but with rail track still running through the "living room" Glass full height opening doors each end, just move the sofa when the 9:30 from Paddington comes through ! Great Video Martin, Thanks!
According to a report from Nov 2016, it was bought around 2010 by a group of solicitors for £150,000 who want to raze it to the ground and build houses. Their application was turned down, but someone on here says it is now going ahead! The only way to save it would be to get the engine shed listed!
@@mikehatton9540 im sadly not that clued up to even no where to start but i dont mind dropping to details over the H.E and (im yorkshire ) pass details of anyone with more knowledge of the area.. quick land registry application will find owners... or... also...search any other adjoining land etc.. speak to owners get them to block aoplication or crowdfund and buy it off solicitors...suprised it was so cheap as must me a decent plot...
"the full Grand Designs but with rail track still running through the "living room" Glass full height opening doors each end," I had exactly the same thought! :)
Looks like a cut off piece of a steel column sticking out of a concrete foundation about 10 to 11 min in . Could be for coaling or water tower . Nice very early example of a brick mill building being adapted as an engine shed . Beautiful . No shortage of gems .
Absolutely cracking video, amazing finds and you’ve portrayed the excitement in rediscovering these historic railway relics perfectly, and very tasteful music added in the right places to add atmosphere . . .well done 👍😂
Those four days of sun certainly got to you - no mention of Bertie the Bee though!!!! 🐝 After Animal Farm it just got better and better. I envy you standing in that turntable pit just soaking up the history and then you trump it with the engine shed. All hidden from view yet just a stones throw from "civilization" it's mind boggling that it is all still as intact as it is. Great stuff as usual Martin, you're definitely not stuck for inspiration in your neck of the woods. Keep 'em coming, Sunday evenings wouldn't be the same without your history fixes☹
We are such a strange race...we build beautiful buildings and when things change we let them fall into ruin. What a lovely old building left to rot. So fascinating.
Thing that gets me, some folks WORKED there. For years. They built a stockroom of wood (now gone) and sat there eating lunch complaining about the foot ball match. Then, one day, it was the FINAL day. Parts cleared out, guys cleared out, now it's only job is to point us back. Thanks for taking us there! Ben
Had the dinting railway center hung on for a few more years it could have thrived , it had some great locomotives and given the love the british public have for all things steam these days it's a shame it closed.
ingrow west on the legendary keighley and worth valley is the site where dinting have re-located mercifully nearly everthing can be found there except the O4 which lives on the great central a good volume to read is a book called railways around manchester which has a comprehensive fold-out hand drawn map which covers/supports the information in this walk
You feel like I do when I metal detect...finding things of the past...that if I never found it..no one would have ever know about it...My friends think Im crazy when I talk about things like you do...but I know ...it is the 'feeling' when you get digging up that bit of history that drives me to find more...
This was a great video. I love exploring old railway history where I live in Canada. I've found various things from old box cars to a turntable as well, I love the feeling of each new discovery.
You've just a got a new subscriber. Absolutely love the journey you took us on. Too few abandoned railway relics in Canada, so these vids are a gem. Your personality makes these videos so much more enjoyable
brilliant video Martin. I watched it before I commented or I would have been 1st 😉. Fascinating stuff. thing thats always maddened me about the BR era closures was the sheer speed the tracks were lifted and track beds sold off. was like it guaranteed they couldn't return. very arrogant as well as short sighted . love these videos as it combines my live of railways,history and industrial buildings .
That was brill i used to travel on the dinting - hyde - glossip triangle years ago ...also used to spot all the tommys - at guides bridge found this video fascinating great work martin ...keep up the good work mate ...Frank ...
At least you found a tunnel at the end of the deep cutting, out walking near Uckfield in Sussex I came across a similar cutting, strange as there was never a railway at this location, walking along the cutting I was expecting to find a tunnel, but the cutting just ended with no sign of a tunnel, later found out it was the ouse valley railway, a railway started but never finished.
All the sweat, toil, and brilliant innovation that built the canals and then the railways only to be abandoned one hundred years later. And for what? More speed, or more greed? Why do we call the present world progress? Does our present day manufactured comfort outweigh the satisfaction of those who lived during those simpler times not so long ago?
You romanticise it but it was a tough life for most - paid a pittance for poor working conditions. No health and safety and treated like slaves. My granddad had to start work at 13 to try and feed his 5 sisters!
@@MartinZero Martin Zero I was born just down the road from you on Langley so your (I live a long long way away now)videos are very special for me ,I love them! let's say 2 billion ps bees very rarely sting unless you attack their nest, its wasps who are your bad boys(girls)
During the beautiful images of the Godley Turntable, you really brought us back to previous times we could almost walk into with our imagination just craving a few moments of a time of sweat and struggles and yet privileged simplicity.
Thurs 30/5/19. I love this footage Martin. Anything that shows us what life was like on the railways is always welcome. There's something about the old maps and what's left of the stations and out buildings that bring such a warm feeling to the viewer. People who have no interest in our railway heritage are missing out big time on men like you who make such great videos. Thanks again Martin.
If your watching early. It takes UA-cam a short time to process it into HD quality 👍
Didn't matter. I fully enjoyed it regardless.
Martin you'll get the "360p squad" comments - I hate that shit!
☺🎉 another great video
m8 you are going to be forever known as frank carson because you have a canny nac of making not so interesting things interesting (its the way ya tel em) i have found every 1 of your vidz to be interesting
Hi Martin, Rainhill are celebrating the 190th anniversary of the Rainhill trials next week, just a heads up, www.rainhill190.org.uk message me if you turn up, I'll do yous a brew.
Paul here, my sister Rebecca thought I was talking to her but I must have missed it . . . ? NOW WE SEE the ENGINE SHED! Incredible, should be preserved I believe! I'm struck by this building!!!
The older I get the more I appreciate finding old architecture like this.
Hello Martin. I'm a stock trader in the Southeastern U.S. and sometimes during the day, burned out from anxiety, I take a peek at UA-cam for an escape. Was fortunate today in finding your superb video presentation. I felt so calm and relaxed as I traversed your world and even felt an emotional attachment to the past imagining all the now long gone people who worked in those buildings. I feel now like a heavy weight is off my shoulder. Thank you.
Hello Tim, thats great and thanks very much for telling me. So nice to know the video chilled you out. Thank you 👍
I just find disused railways incredibly sad to see. What was once a hive of activity is now gone forever. They seem to have an hauntingly romantic atmosphere about them if you know what I mean
Yes Paul, I know exactly what you mean,
Yep, it's heartbreaking to think that people sweated blood to build all this infrastructure, only for it to be abandoned and neglected. The nastier side of "Progress"... 😢
Yes, Once a hive of activity, now gone forever. This is the approaching future for us British people as we are set to become a minority in our own land. So sad that this Globalist push is hell bent on destroying Western Nations with Forced Diversity. Exploring old buildings is a way of escape from doing our duty to defend our land. Enjoyed the video and the music, tks.
@@gordonmillar998 You sound like the kind of person that blames everything that goes wrong in life on "the immigrants". Sad.
@@gordonmillar998 Its nothing to do with diversity... its the rich deciding they cannot make money from it anymore... so abandon it.
Stumbled on this video by accident, but enthusiasticly watched the whole thing. You have a special charisma!
Thank you very much
Martin, you are so flipping AWESOME ! half of the draw is your enthusiasim, The other is you always get me excited as if im right there with you!! Im 65 , in a wheelchair and I look forward to "our" outings every week ! And I live in Peru !! THANK YOU for making an old lady happy.AND you always manage to make me giggle. Loved the intro
Sharon Stuebi
Goodness I’m sitting here and trying to think of what to ask first, you live in such a beautiful country. I guess um well, what is it like their day to day? What are the people like? What is the most popular food to eat their and which is your favorite? Sorry I’m a single mother in the north west u.s.a that would love to travel but bills and child come first. So I ask others what it’s like where they live. I hope I’m not bugging you if so you don’t have to answer. But thank you for you time of reading this. And have a beautiful day.
@@shewolf5098 Well hello! I was a single Momma too so I totally get it. There are ways to do both just so you know! Wish I could communicate privately and send photos. I have created ( with the help of some very beautiful and loyal locals) a huge organic garden and We have a Donkey, alpacas, rabbits, guinea pigs ( food here), cornish game hens, layer hens, and HUGE meat chickens, and turkeys.175 varieties of fruits, veggies and flowers. we grow most of the food for the animals too. in the process of building a greenhouse. I have 3 full time workers and often up to 10 depending on the project. my job is the ideas and I cook breakfast and lunch for them everyday. Which truly takes up MOST of the day with prepping , cleaning and cooking! The people who I am surrounded with are amazing. they are sweet, hard working, respectful, happy and loyal. they have become my family here.The specialty food is guinea pig (cuy). Most often stuffed with herbs and baked, or roasted on a fire. I only like it fried. They eat EVERYTHING with rice AND potatoes AND corn Chancho a palo is pork on a stick cooked on open fire , which is my personal favorite. but the locals eat a lot of boiled eggs and potatoes. There is unfortunately much poverty here. If you want to follow me on face book so you can see what is happening find me at Sharon Lee Stuebi It would be fun to have an English speaking pen pal! Private message me so I know its you. Sorry Martin for taking up so much of your space!
I was thinking the same thing, the smile on his face was priceless, he was beaming, like a child receiving is first train set...
Loved the intro too!!
It's great fun isn't Sharon......Cheers and good health from your friends in Canada🍁.
Such a shame to see these places eroding away,our heritage is slowly disappearing in favour of concrete monstrosities with no character,great video 👍
That engine shed seriously needs preserving! So impressive
Such a joy to return to your earlier vids when they pop up. Completely forgot just how lovely this one was, really enjoyed the revisit.
Thank you. Yeah it was a great day that one 👍
i could be very wrong but i think those pits by the turntable were possibly ash pits, engines would drop there fires prior to going offf duty. so i expect somewgere close there would have been a railway shed.
the okd shed at the end of the video brought tears to my eyes and memory's of times long gone. may i thank you for making an old mans day.
I like your words at the turntable. I feel they are from some kind of old souls.
Brilliant video. The engine house was spectacular. The brickwork in those old buildings is amazing, the way they used special curved bricks on the corners, no-one does that today. In the past, bricklaying was an art done by real craftsmen.
Yes I do love a bit of brick myself
The way the engine shed just appears through the trees was slightly magical.
It really was. Was not expecting an almost intact building. I thought the steps were the remains of it at first haha.
😀👌
I gasped a little!
martin always makes it magical
Never been to Manchester, just to watch football after sciving the train as a penniless kid! Thanks to you I love it. Your hard work paid off for you and this is a terrific video. To go forward, it helps if you know where you just been, and these places should be cherished. Thanks Martin
Thanks Ray, yes I did love finding those places
At the back of the engine shed towards the old station there are large concrete foundations / walkways between tracks, in really good condition. This was where the much more modern service shed was. The shed was pulled down but the rest remains. I think this went to the east lancs to be stored. Also there’s two platforms at the back of the disused station building. Finally, and I found the stands for this a couple of months ago was a narrow gauge railway. This is up the hill on the back of the water stage platform you were on to the right. There are uprights of where the sliding tracks could go where the small narrow gauge engines were serviced! The place was really impressive when open. Some major steam engines were there at one point. The old pictures online are great! Top videos as always.
It just amazes me. The pure volume of industrial architecture that was in place by the end of the 19th century. What must it have been like to walk cities like Manchester at that time. Incredible. Such power and innovation.
I love your videos. There is something enchanting about old railways that I cannot put into words.
Beautiful. Old buildings have so much more character. I saw where here in America someone purchased an old railway bridge and built a home on it. Thank you for your videos
Love your videos Martin. I'm an old lad from Kearsley now living in Australia. I moved here in 1965 when I was ten, your videos fill me with nostalgia and have allowed me to reconnect to an earlier time, keep up the great work you're doing. Thanks so much.
Thanks Robert ,much appreciated
@Robert leach I'm a stoneclough lad
@@Tolpuddle581 Hi Rupert, I love watching Martins videos. I was only ten when we came out here but still have some memories of where we lived. Watching Martin lets me connect with my past and see more of the area I grew up in. :)
@@erikmorrison2355 I answered you earlier Erik, so I'm not sure why I can't see it here. Anyway, I said I assume you are in Australia? What state are you in? I'm in Victoria, over in the west of the state. I grew up literally down the road from you. I could walk down Stoneclough road, under the railway viaduct, and into your town. Small world eh? :)
What a great video.......totally enjoyed the awesome turntable....what a gem of a find. Much love from America and thanks for sharing.
Thanks very much Morgan glad you enjoyed
When I was very young (6-9) in the early 1960s, I used to visit my gran, she lived on Walker Lane (it’s on your map). There was a footbridge across this line, at the southern end of Walker Lane. I used to stand on it and watch the good’s trains climbing the incline from Godley Junction. I only ever saw one passenger train on the line, I believe it was a “goods loop” line. It was more open moorland back then and I used play near the tracks and explore the area. Happy days and thanks for bringing back the memories!
Thanks David. Did you see steam or was it the 76's
It was steam back then (1960s).
Absolutely stunning! Especially the engine shed, what a find!! I can only imagine the sights, sounds and smells of that place when it was working. I love that you can still find history and remains of these amazing sights. In the US, they tend to tear old disused buildings down as soon as they're vacant, which to me, is a shame. But I realize, not everyone has my taste of the past. I'm enjoying all your videos of your great country and history! As always, crack on & cheers!!
Love your passion in these videos. Please keep exploring and bringing these finds to us!!
Thank you. I will try 👍
I'm from Hyde and I had heard of the of the Godley Turntable. I've seen old pictures of it working but never visited when I lived there. Thanks for sharing this it's brilliant. I remember going to Dinting railway museum when I was a kid. Very sad to see it in that state. I was actually shocked when I saw the engine shed. This was in a massive open space, the trees have grown around so fast.
My Dad took me to Godley and Godley Junction in 1962. Amazingly this is Great Central Railway territory which became LNER and eventually Eastern Region controlled. We went to Guide Bridge Station on the same trip. Priceless history and heritage mate 👌
Your views and travel to historic sites are simply overwhelming, gorgeous and breathtaking!! To your friends: a cat, a rabbit, a pony and baby spiders - say hello from me! :)) I hope you and the residents of the local town will take part in the restoration of these historic railway stations, depots, platforms and tunnels! After all, this is the cultural and historical heritage of your country. It must be preserved and protected, it is a pity that this was not done then, when this direction was closed !! Big heartfelt greetings to you and your "comrades-in-arms" from me - a resident of the suburb of Khabarovsk !! Thank you so much!! Kiss you!
Historical empathy, I feel it... its a human need..... history is us. Sometimes draws my emotions..... its a beautiful thing thank you Martin.
Love your films. The little pits are where the steam engines dumped their burnt coal. Yes called ash pits. Can you imagine how busy that place used to be? The sidings, cattle pens, goods shed and number of signal boxes all sadly gone. So efficient and the people who worked on them worked hard and then, well we know the rest
Thank you for showing the engine shed. As engines got larger and much heavier some viaducts were reinforced hence the bricks. The nine shed was a long one..just built one from pop-up models almost identical with the double,vented roof and beautiful arched windows. Amazing the roof is still on.
Thanks for another wonderful video. I just love the subject matter. I was born in Lancashire and spent the first ten years of my life there until my family moved to north Wales in 1962. It is lovely to hear a proper Lancashire accent again after all these many years of living abroad. So much of what you show was all still working in the 1950s, who could have imagined it would all have been swept away so quickly. My father was a railway enthusiast even back then. I remember him stopping the car to watch the Flying Scotsman leave Chorley station and cross a bridge that the road went under. My brother, a baby at the time, 1956, still all in his white baby clothes was held up to look, 'it's the flying scotsman, it's the flying scotsman! It bring tears to my eyes just remembering it.
This same brother, now semi retired in his 60s fires an engine on the Keithley and Worth valley line in Yorkshire. Incidentally, the engine he fires is one that my grandfather fired in the 1890s or 1900s when he was a fireman on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. It was a pure fluke that the very same engine escaped being scrapped in the 1960s.
Thats Brilliant Caroline and thanks very much. Good memories eh 👍
Stunning ! , the shallow pits are “ rake out pits “ for the ash and clinker to drop into without setting fire to wooden sleepers . Well done mate !
Thanks very much 👍
What is ash and clinker ?
lovely, thank you. i believe the term donkey engine, or donkey line, refers to the mule quality of work. In Texas, a donkey engine is small engine that does the hard short haul work, a switch engine . It is not the horse, but the modest little engine that could, and does. In short, it is the modest hard working sort. Your video does service to the heroic everyday labour of so many of us. Thank you, and thank your viewers for caring. Who we
are is formed by who we were.
I love your enthusiasm and clear joy at discovering all these hidden gems. You make this so interesting and narrate it so well. Keeps me interested and many others. Great vlogs
Thank you Colin much appreciated. I do love a good find 👍
Went to Dinting Railway Museum when I was a wee lad. Early 70s, steam engines, red brick buildings and passionate blokes with engine driver caps. Thanks for this. Ric
Me too.
Yes but is it where he said it was?
You make your videos, intertaining, educational and fun to watch with no advertisements
Martin Zero you are the man. If I was younger I would be doing the same as you. But you bring it all to me.. I love your presentation and your enthusiasm is second to none. Keep it going and thank you.
Martian, the engine shed is beautiful! Thank you for taking the time and effort to show these railway gems. 🚂
👽 excellent tyqo!
15:00 - That turntable site is wonderful. I looked at it, in the trees, as you described it, with the birdsong in the background, and I was suddenly struck by the thought, that not that long ago, possibly within living memory, it would have been a site of noise, smoke, bustle, with the smell of coaly steam, hot oil, and hot metal. And the sad thing is, that a great many people today might see that circular pit, and not have the faintest idea what it was, or why it was there. I know, as I'm fond of industrial architecture, and had the privilege of working with an ex-railwayman, who spent all his non working time seeking out the routes of local vanished railways, and who had albums of photos of sites: in the course of his old job, he'd worked on sites near vanished lines, and looked at them then. That's why I love your videos - you look in the places that people need to see, and show us new and fascinating things. Thank you so much.
25:00 - You are in the old Dinting Station building, which was part of the Dinting Railway Centre, which closed in the early 1990's. What a sad state it's in now.
Great music, as there is in all your videos. Fits the visuals like a glove.
Great comment Brian!
What is the turntable sight?
I felt it was almost like one of those Hollywood scenes where someone walks through a the ruins of something, optionally and old crying person that used to work there, while a black and white overlay that no-one else can see shows the same site at it's peak with everything and everyone working.
I used be a member of Dinting Railway centre in the mid ‘70’s. Spent some time caretaking the Cheltenham when it was a wreck. Now it’s in full steam again.
The centre closed as the land owner raised the ground rent so high it was unaffordable, he wanted to put some sort of car circuit on the land and in effect, forced it to close.
The ruined station building you explored was at one time a BR access to the centre, when that track was in use. It was also used as a refreshment room in the early days.
There was also a (new) 6 track display shed between the old shed and the station building, but that was demolished soon after closure.
The sidings were originally used as coaling station and holding area for the banking loco’s for trains going up to the Woodhead tunnel.
I can remember it when it was all in use. Great days!
Ahh thank you for the info. Such a shame the rents were increased
Love the engine shed find, thank you for posting
Amazing the engine shed is still standing , many happy memories of visiting this place.
Such a shame to those buildings just decaying. Great video as always.
It is, isn't it? I have always had a strong interest in the old architecture building, the history its self off them and how you can really feel a sense of proudness off these abandoned finds.
A genuine shame indeed. Very sad.
The turntable pit wow! Beautiful words from you capturing the history and yes a gem for sure! All the hard work and time over the years it was used providing service and jobs to so many people! Glad you can can still see it and all the other spots you shared! That engine house is in good nick considering! It should be saved and restored!Thanks again!
I agree would love to see it saved
Love the turn table , trying to imagine it in use back in the day
loved the video,very informative and made with passion
Its channels like this that make me wanna cancel my tv license. Top content once again
I cancelled mine a while ago, Joe. There's nothing but crap on TV these days but I can find hours of entertainment on UA-cam for absolutely nothing. The idea of paying for those fatcats at the bbc to splash out on their excesses at the taxpayers expense sickens me to the core - and all you get in return is LIES! By the way, did you know it's no longer a criminal offence NOT to have a TV licence? It's a civil matter now and they don't even come to your door to check on you anymore. They merely send you an e-mail to acknowledge that you've cancelled your licence. I'm told that tens of thousands of people have cancelled this year alone (yes, tens of thousands.)
Agreed mate . And yes ive heard the same. All a fear mongerin scam and 120 quid a year id rather spend on something better. Tbh now top gear and attenborough is gone/going there is literally no need for the bbc anymore
If there was no beeching axe the uk would have been such an easy place to get around by train today, i bet there would be 50% less cars on the roads now
Quite Probably Sean 👍
A lot of railways actually closed post Beeching such as the branch from Godley Junction that Martin walked along, as that only closed in 1981.
And there were quite a few in 1917 and 47.
Try living in the US and hoping to get around via rail. Sadly impossible.
True, but they were only shut because people weren't using them and so they were losing loads of money. If the people of the 1950's/1960's had used the railways they wouldn't have been shut .....
Terrific video Martin. I live in a railway town called Earlestown with a great old stone built waiting room, disused since the sixties due to vandalism. I worked in the rail offices and had 3 brothers, one a driver one a fireman after spending years in those railway sheds,and the other a signalman, so you can tell this was my kind of video!
This video has really inspired me to get out adventuring more, and bring my 5 year old niece (who loves nothing more than being outdoors in the beauty of nature and architecture) with me to learn about and identify this stuff. I love abandoned things, modern history, everything that's hiding in plain sight. This video was recommended to me by the algorithm and damn it hit the spot - perfect production and I could really feel your sense of achievement and awe finding those places! Instant subscription here.
Thanks very much and thank you for subscribing. yes I hope you do get out and find stuff your niece would love it am sure 👌
Wow....what a stunning vid.....it's amazing that the turntable is still there...very few have survived in Manchester Greater Manchester I bet....
I never knew Dinting rail center closed all those years ago....I used to go there when I was a kid...my dad drove me there from Chorlton...I have pics of the reilway center in the 70s some where....I remenber the engine shead its about 120 years old now...
I camped out there once in the field next to the viaduct....in the early 80s .
There was a acident on the top of the viaiduct in around 1855 when a train stoped on the viaduct and a few people got out thinking thery were at the station.
I think the Viaduct was bricked up in areas to strenthen up the arches in around 2012.
Jim
Hi Jim yeah I read about that accident it was awful
"I'm here in Hyde, You're not haveing a s**t ? You are having a s**t, Oh No ! " ... Thanks Martin best ever opening line to one of your vids .. gave me a good giggle LOL
Haugh....Sssshit!
I don't think that horse gave a s*** hahaha
@@plymouth-hl20ton37 No he clearly did its right there on the video :) for all to see.
Proof of the saying, "Never put the horses at the head of the parade."
So strange to see Dinting shed after all these years, having visited it as an active museum base in the late 1970's - must find my photographs!
The engine shed is truly breathtaking, I think if it were me that had stumbled across it I would have been a small bit emotional!
I was just watching vid
Crying out for restoration.
Home with the flu and just so glad I found this channel. I’ve watched it all day. Absolutely fascinating. I’m a railroad history fan and the stone and brickwork you display is simply not found where I live. Just so well done all around. To show you something 300 years old in NY I’d have to show you a bit of bedrock if I could find it. Thank you so much for these videos.
Thanks Chad. Hope your better. Much appreciate you watching 👍
Hi Martin, NEVER delete or take down your videos because you are capturing the last few breaths of historic railway buildings and structures that will soon be gone forever. Truly great modern archaeology that preserves what is left of an age that we will never see the like of again. One day I am sure, many people will truly appreciate your videos and the effort you have made to create them. Well done and keep it up!
Thanks very much Rhys much appreciated. Yes Id like to think so. I know some of the stuff I have videoed will be gone and so there will be a record for the future 👍
Martin, when you found that turntable... I actually got emotional 😢, so beautiful
Incredible video again!
Thanks Rob yeah it was such an incredible thing to find
Fascinating! The engine shed was the icing on the cake
Thanks for this entertaining video Martin. I know exactly what you mean about the feeling you get standing in old disused places.
I used to live in Byfleet in Surrey where the Brooklands museum is which is based around the old disused Brooklands race track.
This was the first purpose built race track in Great Britain and was built by a wealthy individual called Hugh Locke-King and hosted the first ever Grand Prix. There is still quite a bit of the circuit in place and it had banked corners. I remember visiting the museum on a warm August afternoon and getting that feeling while walking round part of the track.
Not only was it known as a race track it was one of the birth places of British aviation and the remains of the runway were still there when i first lived there in 2003. Mercedes Benz built on part of it and have test tracks there but they too have a great little museum to visit free of charge.
Vickers aircraft built the Wellington bomber there and later the VC10 airliner. They used to fill them with just enough fuel to fly them out over to Wisley airfield a couple of miles away where they finished fitting them out. They couldn't get them out of Brooklands with all the seats etc in as the runway wasn't long enough.
Barnes Wallis developed the bouncing bomb there and parts for Concorde were also built on site. The museum now has one of the Concordes there. Also in the museum is the Wellington bomber that was raised after ditching in Loch Ness.
All in all it's great museum to visit, lots of old racing cars and aircraft to see and also there now is the London bus museum.
If you are every 'darn sarf' it's well worth a visit.
Regards, Mark
Hi Mark, yeah its great isnt it. Kinda after the crowds have left feeling. reflective solitude 👍
Martin as always a great educational video.
The pits next to the turntable would be ash pits.
The fire grate at tje bottom of the loco could be opened to drop hot ashes and god knows what else, oh thee joys of shovelling it all into wagons.
Ahh yes Steven I realise now what they are
It’s a little bit like going to a post apocalyptic world in those overgrown places. So interesting and so back in another era. I would love to travel back in time to see these things in use.a brilliant presentation almost like being there. The engine shed was so worth the effort you made .
Thank you, yes am so glad I went back and found the Engine shed
That "Inspection pit" looks more like an "Ash pit" where they emptied out the contents of the ash-tray of steam loco's.
Ahh ok thanks, it did seem a bit shallow
Chain smokers were they?!
There's plenty of photos of inspection pits on the net. They didn't have to be very deep because locomotives stood very high on their wheels.
Thank you SO much for going back to find the engine shed - that is amazing! 👏🚂
Looks like you picked great days for a walk about. The pits were inside the roundhouses and used for mechanical inspection and routine maintenance of locos mostly. The occasional carriage could be looked at in the same manner..The engine shed was similar to the round house with the exception that it was for locos only. I stand to be corrected as this was the practice here in Canada for these types of buildings. I told Connor in one of his vids and I'll reiterate it here. It's not always about the huge and grandiose. The less traveled are where the gems are in all their quaint magnificence. And you wonderfully have captured the mood,solace and ambience in this tour. Well done sir. Cheers.
A lot of our turntables and inspection pits were in the open air. I suspect this was one of them. If there had been a building over this one, there would either be some surviving walls or it would have all been bulldozed into the old turntable pit (that's what they did with old buildings during demolition in the 1960s and 70s - pushed the rubble into the cellars, then burned all the timber joists, floorboards, carpentry etc). Amazing to compare with the old photo someone else posted of the engine she'd when it was in use and compare it to now, almost completely surrounded by huge trees. Looking at the size of sone of those stumps, I suspect the turntable site looked like that until recently too.
I really appreciate that you don’t feel the need to talk all the time, that you transition to just music so we can see and experience the sites without distraction. I really enjoy your videos....
Thank you Jen
Hello Martin Coming to Manchester in September With thanks to you have introduced Manchester to me.Before the plug in the canal video I didnt know anything about your town.Coming from Perth (Australia)I never realized there is so much history just laying around.If it was in Australia they would have put a fence around it .A message to everyone in Manchester is just pick up your rubbish.Well done and keep you tubing
Yeah. Unfortunately too many Mancunians disrespect their city and surroundings. Littering and vandalism is a big problem here. Anyway, I hope you enjoy your visit to our town! Check out some of the surrounding countryside, like in this video, while here. The Peak District is nice for hiking.
Thanks very much. I hope you enjoy your visit 👍😀
Damn, you really deserve more subscribers. I guess quality beats quantity every day though.
Another beautiful video, pretty heart breaking but it still lights a small flame of pride in being British. We used to be such an industrial nation, how did it all go so wrong so quickly?
Oh my, yet again I commented before watching the whole video. That engine shed really was worth coming back for, a wonderful find. Part of me wants to never watch another of your videos, they really sadden me. All of these structures reflect someone's hope and dreams, often short lived and now abandoned and decaying. Such an investment of money, time and energy and now known to only a few people. Thankfully you're around to show these to us who would never find them ourselves, massive respect to you for that.
Keep up the great work and never underestimate the importance of what you're doing. These sights should be available to more people and you're making that possible.
Wow! That was more than amazing. You are in my area. I live in Mossley and I’ve visited Dinting in the past.. it is so fascinating. Thanks for covering it. Absolutely brilliant. You’re so good at what you do!
I think this is your best video yet. Absolutely brilliant. I love your videos
Amazing work thanks Martin. I find the workmanship and incidental beauty that builders put into industrial buildings of the past both uplifting and yet sad that we no longer do it. Please keep the vids coming!
Thank you, yes built with an aesthetic in mind
Yes Martin, those old buildings are amazing, despite the roof having mostly fallen in, just look at the chimney! Work of art, but then, this sort of brickwork prevailed a hundred or so years ago! Keep them coming mate!
Thank you, yes great building
If I won the lottery that engine shed would be on my list, the full Grand Designs but with rail track still running through the "living room" Glass full height opening doors each end, just move the sofa when the 9:30 from Paddington comes through ! Great Video Martin, Thanks!
shall we set up.a crowdfunding page :) better still who would.own it nowadays? i no someone at english heritage i could chase up...
According to a report from Nov 2016, it was bought around 2010 by a group of solicitors for £150,000 who want to raze it to the ground and build houses. Their application was turned down, but someone on here says it is now going ahead! The only way to save it would be to get the engine shed listed!
@@mikehatton9540 im sadly not that clued up to even no where to start but i dont mind dropping to details over the H.E and (im yorkshire ) pass details of anyone with more knowledge of the area.. quick land registry application will find owners... or... also...search any other adjoining land etc.. speak to owners get them to block aoplication or crowdfund and buy it off solicitors...suprised it was so cheap as must me a decent plot...
@@steelcitydomains2356 I'm in North Wales for my sins! 😉 I got the info via the link I posted earlier to Martin from 28dayslater.co.uk.
"the full Grand Designs but with rail track still running through the "living room" Glass full height opening doors each end," I had exactly the same thought! :)
Watching everything you post from NZ so THANK YOU - your work is brilliant. Cheers.
Thanks Martin for watching so far away in NZ
Absolutely stunning! Thank you for taking us there with you!
Thanks very much
Looks like a cut off piece of a steel column sticking out of a concrete foundation about 10 to 11 min in . Could be for coaling or water tower . Nice very early example of a brick mill building being adapted as an engine shed . Beautiful . No shortage of gems .
Could also be the base of an overhead line gantry - wires would have extended around the junction once upon a time for loco swaps etc.
I think it was for the power line
Absolutely cracking video, amazing finds and you’ve portrayed the excitement in rediscovering these historic railway relics perfectly, and very tasteful music added in the right places to add atmosphere . . .well done 👍😂
Those four days of sun certainly got to you - no mention of Bertie the Bee though!!!! 🐝 After Animal Farm it just got better and better. I envy you standing in that turntable pit just soaking up the history and then you trump it with the engine shed. All hidden from view yet just a stones throw from "civilization" it's mind boggling that it is all still as intact as it is. Great stuff as usual Martin, you're definitely not stuck for inspiration in your neck of the woods. Keep 'em coming, Sunday evenings wouldn't be the same without your history fixes☹
We are such a strange race...we build beautiful buildings and when things change we let them fall into ruin. What a lovely old building left to rot. So fascinating.
Thing that gets me, some folks WORKED there. For years. They built a stockroom of wood (now gone) and sat there eating lunch complaining about the foot ball match. Then, one day, it was the FINAL day. Parts cleared out, guys cleared out, now it's only job is to point us back.
Thanks for taking us there!
Ben
yeah RR i knew he had a good thing going when i found his channel, he does good, the history is left to find
Another great video. Some great finds. Especially the Engine Shed.
I am never ceased t be amazed at what there is to find around Manchester. Thanks, Martin it is wonderful.
Thanks very much Robert
Martin that engine shed was a proper old find brilliant luv ya vids man thanks ✌️
Thank you Lee
Had the dinting railway center hung on for a few more years it could have thrived , it had some great locomotives and given the love the british public have for all things steam these days it's a shame it closed.
ingrow west on the legendary keighley and worth valley is the site where dinting have re-located mercifully nearly everthing can be found there except the O4 which lives on the great central a good volume to read is a book called railways around manchester which has a comprehensive fold-out hand drawn map which covers/supports the information in this walk
You feel like I do when I metal detect...finding things of the past...that if I never found it..no one would have ever know about it...My friends think Im crazy when I talk about things like you do...but I know ...it is the 'feeling' when you get digging up that bit of history that drives me to find more...
As he was walking around, all i could think of was swinging my detector in those areas!!
@@jel5034 Exactly what I was thinking...There was so much to find over there with the war..and everything that has happened there.
Great vid, loved Dinting engine shed. Glad you managed to get to Godley on a glorious sunny day, told you its worth a visit.
This was a great video. I love exploring old railway history where I live in Canada. I've found various things from old box cars to a turntable as well, I love the feeling of each new discovery.
Yes nothing beats it, does it 👍
You've just a got a new subscriber. Absolutely love the journey you took us on. Too few abandoned railway relics in Canada, so these vids are a gem. Your personality makes these videos so much more enjoyable
Thank you so much for your support. Am very pleased you enjoyed it 👍😀
brilliant video Martin. I watched it before I commented or I would have been 1st 😉. Fascinating stuff. thing thats always maddened me about the BR era closures was the sheer speed the tracks were lifted and track beds sold off. was like it guaranteed they couldn't return. very arrogant as well as short sighted . love these videos as it combines my live of railways,history and industrial buildings .
Wtf is wrong with me? I nearly cried as you walked up to.the engine shed! Love your videos mate! :)
Love the abandoned railway stuff
The end was worth the wait! Wonderful video, I wish we still had railroad remains like this in the USA!
Very atmospheric, I'm so glad you went back to find the engine shed. Top marks!!
That was brill i used to travel on the dinting - hyde - glossip triangle years ago ...also used to spot all the tommys - at guides bridge found this video fascinating great work martin ...keep up the good work mate ...Frank ...
At least you found a tunnel at the end of the deep cutting, out walking near Uckfield in Sussex I came across a similar cutting, strange as there was never a railway at this location, walking along the cutting I was expecting to find a tunnel, but the cutting just ended with no sign of a tunnel, later found out it was the ouse valley railway, a railway started but never finished.
My neck of the woods, I did a video there about the local urban legends, ghost train. It's just recently been cleared that turn table.
Thanks Martin. Love that you found the Engine Shed, I got goose bumps. Keep up with your videos and keep enjoying the urbex.
Cheers Brendon, I was so glad I went back and found it. thanks very much
Another top production my friend. There’s so much history Wright there under our noses but you get out there and find it and bring it to us. Thankyou
Thanks Gareth
All the sweat, toil, and brilliant innovation that built the canals and then the railways only to be abandoned one hundred years later. And for what? More speed, or more greed? Why do we call the present world progress? Does our present day manufactured comfort outweigh the satisfaction of those who lived during those simpler times not so long ago?
You romanticise it but it was a tough life for most - paid a pittance for poor working conditions. No health and safety and treated like slaves. My granddad had to start work at 13 to try and feed his 5 sisters!
@@annother3350 His Dad & Granddad had it even worse . so your Granddad had a better life in comparison to them eh?
That's what they said.
probably in reference to steam taking over horse and coach - taking over what was before - taking over . . .
You have been working overtime Martin looking for new places to visit.
bees ....you wimp LOL, WOW the engine shed just wow;I JUST LOVE YOUR VIDEOS,there must be more bricks in Manchester than grains of sand
The Stockport Viaduct, built in 1840, is still one of the largest brick structures anywhere--11 million bricks!
@@d2factotum WOW who the hell built that
Yeah probably about a Billion bricks. I like bees just not near me 😄
@@MartinZero Martin Zero I was born just down the road from you on Langley so your (I live a long long way away now)videos are very special for me ,I love them! let's say 2 billion
ps bees very rarely sting unless you attack their nest, its wasps who are your bad boys(girls)
During the beautiful images of the Godley Turntable, you really brought us back to previous times we could almost walk into with our imagination just craving a few moments of a time of sweat and struggles and yet privileged simplicity.
Yes I love that turntable also
Thurs 30/5/19. I love this footage Martin. Anything that shows us what life was like on the railways is always welcome. There's something about the old maps and what's left of the stations and out buildings that bring such a warm feeling to the viewer. People who have no interest in our railway heritage are missing out big time on men like you who make such great videos. Thanks again Martin.
Thank you Stephen, Glad you enjoyed it, yes you cant beat an old Railway